This is a different question!
Going over my almost reassembled front end I found a loose nyloc nut on the inner right tie rod end fitting where it bolts onto the idler ( I think, I am not looking at it).No, it bolts onto the rod that connect the two sides
Attempt to tighten it resulted in spinning the "bolt". The Nyloc apparently grabbed the bolt. Using a nut and lock washer worked fine as I could pull out on the nut as it threaded up the bolt without it spinning. I really do not know what the mechanism is inside this fitting and whether it matters that the bolt can spin. It looks as though the bolt is locked onto the idler and the other end, to the tie-rod can move up and down . I do not think it has a grease nipple unlike most other similar fittings. (It does, but not in the "right"place. See later post) Do I replace? Or just use the regular nut and maybe some loctite to secure the joint?
(This seems to be the part labelled"50" on the Moss parts diagram, part of a set of four. The original Triumph catalogue shows four separate part numbers.}
Michael
Going over my almost reassembled front end I found a loose nyloc nut on the inner right tie rod end fitting where it bolts onto the idler ( I think, I am not looking at it).No, it bolts onto the rod that connect the two sides
Attempt to tighten it resulted in spinning the "bolt". The Nyloc apparently grabbed the bolt. Using a nut and lock washer worked fine as I could pull out on the nut as it threaded up the bolt without it spinning. I really do not know what the mechanism is inside this fitting and whether it matters that the bolt can spin. It looks as though the bolt is locked onto the idler and the other end, to the tie-rod can move up and down . I do not think it has a grease nipple unlike most other similar fittings. (It does, but not in the "right"place. See later post) Do I replace? Or just use the regular nut and maybe some loctite to secure the joint?
(This seems to be the part labelled"50" on the Moss parts diagram, part of a set of four. The original Triumph catalogue shows four separate part numbers.}
Michael
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